swapon
Enable devices and files for swapping.
Note: path/to/file
can either point to a regular file or a swap partition.
More information: https://manned.org/swapon.
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Show swap information:
swapon
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Enable a given swap area:
swapon {{path/to/file}}
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Enable all swap areas specified in
/etc/fstab
except those with thenoauto
option:
swapon --all
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Enable a swap partition by its label:
swapon -L {{label}}
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